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Before things get too crazy with Jets – Pats…

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I know I’ll be caught up in the hype this week along with everyone else. In fact, I’ll probably be leading a lot of it. But first, let’s  just remember that while this game will be hyped like the Super Bowl, especially if you’re still watching Sportscenter, it’s not the Super Bowl. 

If the Jets win, the Patriots will be almost assured a wild card spot and probably end up back in San Diego, Kansas City, Jacksonville or maybe even Indianapolis (I don’t write off Peyton Manning, at least in the regular season). 

So it’s pretty clear the Patriots need this game more than the Jets do. It wouldn’t be an impossible road to a division title and bye if they lost, but it would be pretty close to impossible, requiring almost certainly a 4-0 final quarter of the season. 

Either way the road doesn’t get any easier for the Jets or the Pats, and for either team to win all four of their remaining games would be impressive.

Both teams must go to Chicago. The Pats head there on a short week right after MNF. The Jets see Miami then head to Pittsburgh before making a trip of their own to see the NFC North-leading Bears. They close out the season hosting the Bills.

The Pats play their final game against the NFC North by welcoming a Green Bay Packers team that will be in the thick of the playoff hunt and badly need a win. 

The Jets do have one advantage, both their final two AFC East games are at home. The Pats must travel to Buffalo, where I hear the weather at the end of December is beautiful and ideal for football, before welcoming Miami for the finale.

If the Jets win they will have a virtual lock on the AFC East crown with essentially a three game lead on New England with four to play, since they would also own all tie breakers. That doesn’t really make it fun for anybody, does it?

Pats need this one more, and especially being at home, that usually is a pretty good recipe for success. And of course a little Spygate bullshit never hurts either.

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They are building this team specifically to beat the Jets,” Baldinger said of the Patriots. “You are not going to beat the Jets by taking seven-step drops and looking for Randy Moss 50 yards down the field. You beat the Jets by getting the ball to the quicker guys who can beat coverage. Between [Julian] Edelman, [Wes] Welker, [Deion] Branch and [Danny] Woodhead, that’s what they are doing. All of these changes are designed to beat the Jets.

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ProFootballFocus.com: Patriots – Lions ReFocused

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Here’s what PFF had to say about how some Pats did versus the Lions…

Patriots: Three performances of note

We’ll start with Brady (+8.1), who had the perfect game (statistically, at least). The Lions got pressure on Brady on 12 of his 28 dropbacks but he responded by completing 63.6 percent of his passes, and it was much worse for Detroit when Brady was given time. He completed 87.5 percent of his passes in this instance at an incredible 17.1 yards per attempt. It was still mainly short stuff (only 8 of 27 passes were longer than 10 yards) but a great effort nonetheless by Brady.

Rookie cornerback Devin McCourty (+2.3) had a big day with two interceptions. Perhaps more impressively, McCourty only allowed two completions the entire game for a combined 13 yards despite being thrown at seven times. Three of those attempts came againstCalvin Johnson, and only one of those were complete as McCourty enhanced his reputation.

Not for the first time this season, we’re a little disappointed with the play of Sebastian Vollmer (-3.4). He had his struggles with Cliff Avril and Ndamukong Suh in giving up four quarterback pressures but was also comfortably the worst Patriots lineman when it came to run blocking. Last year we couldn’t help but heap praise on Vollmer, but he’s played like a different guy in 2010.

Rookie report

Brandon Spikes (+1.7) saw limited action but did break up a pass. … We got to see more of Dane Fletcher (+1.1), who had two QB pressures and one batted pass. … Kyle Love (+3.3) turned 23 defensive snaps into two quarterback pressures and two stops whileJermaine Cunningham (+0.7) also had two pressures. … Rob Gronkowski (+1.2) made some nice plays as a receiver, catching all five balls thrown his way, while fellow tight end Aaron Hernandez (+0.7) didn’t do much outside of his touchdown. … Punter Zoltan Mesko (+0.0) had an average day and will be glad Stefan Logan didn’t break any big returns on his kicks.

For Detroit, Amari Spievey (-1.5) had a tough day despite making nine tackles. Shouldn’t the 2-9 team have a bunch of rookies playing big snaps, not the 9-2 team?

Tanier: When Will The Bounces Stop Going The Jets’ Way?

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Tanier: When Will The Bounces Stop Going The Jets’ Way?

I’m the last person who’s going to get on the Jets case about winning close games even against teams with a below average record. I saw the Patriots eek out close games on their way to three Super Bowls. However there’s a difference between playing sound fundamental football/ not beating yourself and just getting lucky bounces. I think this article sheds some light on which the Jets have been doing/getting.